American English pronunciation

How to pronounce burg

IPA transcription: ['bɚɡ]

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Noun

  • colloquial American term for a town

    “I've lived in this burg all my life”

Usage examples

  • He was born in Rexburg, Idaho.
  • The Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen received Saxe-Altenburg, and gave the district of Hildburghausen to Saxe-Meiningen.
  • He became a merchant travelling to Portugal, Brazil and Hamburg.
  • As a young man he came to Pittsburgh and started a thriving grocery business.
  • The "Burgwaldbahn" railway line connects the town with Marburg and Frankenberg.
  • The Borough is served by the Stroudsburg Area School District.
  • There has been a robbery at the burger shop in downtown.
  • Craven contacts Jedburgh and asks him to accompany him inside Northmoor.
  • Along with William of Newburgh, he recorded the earliest stories of English vampires.
  • His maternal grandfather worked for Stinnes in Saint Petersburg.